Geek99

I no longer have an amp. It was in the way and too big. I have a zoom b2.1 that will drive headphones. Can anyone tell me if I can run a small speaker cabinet, or a battery amp for the rare occasions when I need amplification ? thanks

Suggest a lesson or two

I went by your profile. Piece of advice, start with a jam session (see below) and just observe first time. I talked to the drummer at my local one and he gave me their basic set list to pick from. Take your bass and commonly people will strike up conversation. Be honest about your abilities and they’ll support you I’d avoid open mic nights to start with as a) bass is not generally a solo instrument and the guitarists who run them don’t get that and b) you need to spend time at each to find someone who wants to collaborate with a bass player. Since they are usually acoustic types, turning up with an electric instrument generally indicates a lynching is imminent. I got very lucky with a young lady who organises my local OM as all sorts come to her nights and she’s good at matching people up and supporting them but that’s not normal

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You’re only in Leicester, how mobile are you ? I go to a few around Coalville, Groby, Ashby

I agree, but at least a five / six string bass is not weedy-sounding or wielded by a guitard

I have one. please don’t mention the “six string” thing unless the word following it is “bass”; Amazon have got fresh stocks of tar and feathers in now 😛

He hasn’t actually said how many he has in total. It may well be that his actual count of “about 20”** is a mere ripple in the headstock count of others here allowing for “had since a teen/mum bought it/Found it in a skip and nursed it back to health/its my pension/significant birthday/partner doesn’t know” extras

It depends, if you don’t like the idea of sentient bass bodies that are fairly unhappy about being cut, chamfered, sanded etc then I’d say “avoid”. Unless it’s old wood and thus magically better somehow

Maybe I just don’t get them, I didn’t say they were not a good performance

And ? Mine was a farmer pretty sure Shakespeare’s dad wasn’t a playwright

I was referring more to darkness and foreboding as in Tolkien

What was the mary wallopers thing about, and why did rod stewart look a bit wasted

I watched 25 minutes and deleted it and that was mostly using fast forward

Wise decision

I shudder to think what he would buy in that scenario. A reindeer perhaps, or a sitar

I so wanted to marry Wilma when I was younger witty, sharp, ascerbic and a redhead

Slightly off topic but my brother is exactly like that. You think you’re having a private conversation and then you see “cc: <name> “ where idiot intended to bcc: fool me once … I don’t talk to him as he has a trust ability rating slightly below “Donald trump”

Wasn’t offended at all. Just saying this one wasn’t due yet, had a couple more years in the metaphorical sherry cask to wait

Resurrection is not unusual here

Sone varied opinions, better watch it do I can make up my own mind

Who was on hootenanny? I’ve stopped watching years ago I liked ricks backing singer, the one with bleached hair